Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Compendium of Curiosities 3 Challenge #29

I've finished the next challenge of the Curiosity Crew. It is a technique-based challenge called Eroded
Metallic. It took a few tries to get my tag to look as good as I wanted it to but I love trying new techniques! You can learn how to do this yourself from Tim Holtz’s tutorial on page 44 of his latest book of techniques - A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol.3. Check out the rules for joining the challenge at the Challenge-faq.Prizes include an
awesome assortment of Tim’s products (courtesy of Tim himself and Mario
Rossi, his Logistic Director) for a “Curiosity Crew’s Choice” winner and for this round Inspiration Emporium is back with another fantastic $50 shopping spree for one random winner.Here you will see other examples of this technique that were created by Linda Ledbetter and the rest of the Curiosity Crew.This is my creation:

I first painted Broken China and Mowed Lawn Distress Paint onto the manilla tag and let that dry. I then applied the Eroded Metallic technique using Antiqued Bronze and let that set. Onto the 2 corners of the tag, I glued Large Antiqued Copper Triangle Filigree pieces (that I chose with my credit from the Funkie Junkie Boutique! Awesome pieces!) The flowers and leaves were from my stash - probably Prima. The gentleman in the square is a piece I made at a workshop I attended at She Scrapbooks in The Villages, FL a few months ago. We used old film slides, without the film, antiqued them, put lace bits on them with gesso and glued on a cut out photo from a magazine. I attached this to the tag then attached the "Wanted" notice that I cut off a paper shopping bag I also got from She Scrapbooks. This little ad made me giggle. The person who placed the ad assures the woman she will have quality help in the kitchen. LOL! I antiqued it a little by rubbing on some Walnut Stain. I added some bling, tied on a ribbon, and inked the edges of the tag to complete the look. I hope you enjoy it!

Great tag, Leigh Ann! You've used your bits from She Scrapbooks artfully on it; I am still chuckling over the "Steady Woman" ad. Maybe it should read "Steady, Woman!!" to keep us working to perfect this technique. You did a beautiful job, thanks for sharing it on CC3C!

About Me

I am a 52-year-old married mother of two sons. We rescued our dog, a
13-year-old Bichon Frise named Homer. He's a home run for us! I love to
scrapbook, make cards, research family history and read on my Nook. I
will write a book someday...